Church of the Guanche People

Church of the Guanche People

The Church of the Guanche People (in spanish "Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche") is a neopagan sect founded in 2001 in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain). According to its followers, the mission of this organization is to rescue and spread the pagan religion of the Guanche people. In 2008 the Church had approximately 300 members[1]

It was founded by a group of Canarian devotees of the goddess Chaxiraxi. The Church of the Guanche People performed baptisms and weddings according to what they know of Guanche custom. On December 14, 2003, a wedding held in accordance with purported Guanche rites took place on the island of Tenerife - a practice not observed for several centuries since the European domination of the archipelago.

The Church of the Guanche People is analogous to other organizations in other countries seeking to restore ancient pagan religions such as in Greece and the Nordic countries as Asatru.

References

  1. ^ Martin, Veronica (2008) 5% of Canarians profess a minority religion (Un 5% de canarios profesa una religión minoritaria), La Opinión de Tenerife newspaper, 3rd October.[1]

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